'Selamat Pengantin Baru'.

Nowadays wedding need not hv to be during school holidays.....Eversince Saturday r an off day, most wedding r in the weekends regardless if its' not in the holiday seasons.Yesterday i attended a wedding , it was Wahidah's son. I was accompanied by my son Rasyid. Married to a workaholic man, i hv to be prepared to be without him even during the weekends. Feel sorry for him...another tragedy to solve.

The host Wahidah, me n D.Saadiah. Not a good photographer(my son) for not telling me that my 'tudung' is in a huru hara state.

everything is lovely, the colours, the food, the pelamin the bride's room n of course the* love birds*.

lovely......

Met Aniza n the gang....we requested to take a pix with the newly weds.

Asyik attending other people's wedding je....wonder when will it be in my house? Not very long i hope.....

i luvv weekends....

As usual Dira n Faiz were back for the last week-end  but unfortunately Lukman is still away fr.home even tho the semester break has started. Nampak gayanye he's the only one following the mama's footsteps...ehh! joining the college band, playing clarinet n he's in Terengganu for some shows n doing some intensive training. Good for him for being active in co-curriculum so that it's easier for him to apply for a room in the college rather than renting outside the college.

That week-end my parents, their cucu n cicit came over for tea....hah ape lagi, bersilat lah saya ddapur preparing for kudap2 utk dimakan.....Knowing my dad's favourite, i made him mee rebus but i do serve some spaghetti with it cos the mee noodles is a bit 'gasy'. As for my children pizza would be fine....their favourite of course! And for something sweet i bake lemon n orange poppy seed muffins. My children r beginning to luv this  muffins or cake n so do i. Agaknye dah jemu dgn whatever ada chocolate.

ehh....mane kuah mee rebusnye!

My parents jarang sgt.dtg kerumah saya....jauh sgt.kata mereka.....byk sgt.cerita nak dkongsi bersama menantu kut.....ooppss!... dlm gelut2 tu terlupa nak ambik gambar si kembar n their mama n papa....sorry Yong, acu lupa!

That very Sunday Dira n Faiz went back to KL around 6 in the evening n it took almost 4 hrs for them to reach KL. Dah mcm during festival times pulak...kesian anak2 mama.



Meanwhile, yesterday baked a cake for one of my best of friend, Wahidah, lemon/orange poppy seed cake. Instead of making it plain, i cut the cake into two n i layered n topped it with cream cheese. I hope it taste nice as it look. Just visiting her to see how's the preparation of her son's wedding.....

simple but very tempting......

A mournful day.

Salam to everyone........

We can never anticipate what is to happen.....jus like the other day...a very shocking n sad news to everyone. The prince of the royal highness Sultan of Perak, Raja Ashman Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibuddin Shah has passed away due to asthma attack at his resident early morning Friday the 30th. He was only 54 years old...condolences to his wife n families.
It was so sudden n tragic n i cant imagine what the family r going through.My hubby n me went to the funeral to pay our last respect. There goes a pious man, a great golfer, a great son n husband. And a prince with *berjiwa rakyat*. May his soul rest in peace n moga dtempatkn bersama dgn org2.yg soleh...insyallah. ALFATIHAA.....


Actually, we r suppose to hv our annual 'mesyuarat agung puspanita' on the very day but in order to pay our last respect our pengerusi adjourned it in time to come. Anyway since most of our ahli were there, we hv turned it to 'majlis bacaan yasin ' for the arwah.


Whenever a tragic occured it always got me to think that nothing will last....No matter how hard we try to build something out of this world but at the end of the day all of us will finally decease.The only thing that last is a good heart. So life is too short to grumble, having ill feelings with one another n causing chaos.So berbaik2 lah antara kita n berbyk2 lah amalan ibadat kita cos we wouldnt know esok or lusa we will be taken away n we wouldnt hv the time to even say goodbye, thank you, i'm sorry or i luv u dear.........

The Invitation.

Assalammualaikum warahmatullahiwabarakatuh......

I've been very busy lately with my beadings....cant find the time to update what's happening. Forcing myself to stop for awhile fr. holding the needle...Actually blogging is sort of one of the hobby to some but not to others. It can be interesting at times n we can get some of the advantages e.g.making new acquiantance, getting some nice recipes n getting some educational informations or interesting gossips...ahaks! And many more....Let us  try to look at the positive side of everything rather than being negative....Whatever it is, it's up to us  to evaluate it in anyway n do try to respect other people's blog. After all it's only 'about me' than be it! If u r interested to read by all means do so n if u dont jus kindly # : * ; ! " * ; Nevertheless like i mention earlier its my journal of sorts of a lovely day or a meaningful memory.....


Quote of the day ;

                              People will forget what u said
                              People will forget what u did
                              But people will always remember
                              how u made them feel





I was invited to a tea-party on the 23rd March @ Shangri La in celebrating the birthday of The Royal Highness of Raja Puan Besar Perak Tuanku Zara Salim. On the whole it was a nice evening as i get to meet some friends n to listen to the wonderful voices of the retro trio Salima, Azlina n Liza Aziz.They were awesome!! One thing for sure the food was tempting n delicious.....

queing up to wish  Tuanku Zara Salim 'Happy Birthday'.

welcome speech by Yg Teramat Mulia Raja Puan Muda Raja Mahani Raja Shahar Shah

                     
                                             the ceremony of cutting birthday cake.

                                 the awesome retro trio Salima, Azlina n Liza Aziz ......such dynamic voices!!

                                                                   me, n D.Asmah

the tea ends at somewhere around 5.30 n it's time to say goodbye..........

What we see n perceive is not always a reality.

Salam to everyone n hope u hv a fabulous day!

Just something to ponder about.....it's somewhere i read thru fr.one of the local papers n its written by one of the author of smart parenting.
Well if u must read this its either something to make u smile or u might sigh with a relief.....OR whatever.... its up to your own interpretation........

It's about this newly married couple that just moved to a new neighbourhood n bought a new hse.with lots of glass windows.Every morning they would sit down for breakfast n enjoy the scenery outside. From their hse they could overlook the backyard of their neighbour, and an old woman living by herself. Every morning they  would see this old woman struggling to hang her clothes that she washed herself. But the clothes looked dirty with " lots of dark n black spots".


The wife said to her husband " i feel so sorry for the old woman. She must be too tired or too weak to wash the clothes properly." And the husband said, " what kind of people would let their old mother to leave alone." This go on for about a month. Then one fine day, they saw this old woman again n struggling to hang a bed sheet. This time the bed sheet was so white n clean. This caught the wife's attention, "wow the woman must have someone to clean for her or she might have used a stronger detergent". The husband looked at the wife n said "actually i woke up early n i cleaned our glass window. It is full of stain n dark spots."
So there was nothing wrong actually with the old woman's clothes. They were spotlessly clean and only looked dirty  because of the dirt on the glass window.


So what do u think?........There r so many perceptions we can make out of it....right!! One of them could be "do not be too busy body" OR ..............
If our looking glass is clear, we will probably see a much more beautiful picture. And according to the author , we must ensure that our looking glass is cleaned daily, not weekly or monthly n that we hv to start performing our religious duty diligently. These r like strong detergent to cleanse our souls n purge the dark spots in our hearts.I agree with him cos they r so effective that we will feel the effects instantly.


Sadly tho its not so for some, i guess.....cos i dont know maybe even by performing religious duty diligently could not cleanse the soul thoroughly...I've come across those who r religious enough as they perceive others to believe they r. And they sometimes would only see the bad side of others when they themselves r the evil one! And not only that, they even influence others to believe in what they perceive.....
So let us leave it to Allah to decide our 'nawaitu' may it be pahala or dosa.....Whatever ways it is to cleanse our soul....let us erased prejudice n hatred n replace it with love n peace...then our days will be brighter n peaceful.....


Always be grateful with what we hv n stop worrying about things we dont hv n also not to even condemn
lol! Nevertheless, by cleaning our glass window frequently could help us to see everything outside our home as clean as  our own glass windows!!.....

Nothing taste better than mom's cooking.....

Another weekends splendour.....lavished with food as usual. My dear son Faiz is back for the weekend without his sister, Dira. She hates to take the train back home but it's easier for her bro.cos his working place is jus around the corner of KLCC. Faiz ni memerap dgn i lebih sikit, most of the weekends he's back....tak pe le when he's still single tp. jgn tak balik pulak bila dh ada calon.Thought of asking Faiz to bring some choc.cake to Dira but unfortunately the train ticket is sold out therefore Faiz has to go back early Mon.morning n straight to office. Sorry Dira! i promise i'll make it up with u when u come back the next trip. I always try to cook something extra each time when they r back bukan apa kesian....maklum le sekali sekala makan home cook bukan ke sedappp!! Anyway berkorban apa saja demi anak2 & suami tercinta....hehehe!

Pikelets for breakfast....i seldom make this only on certain occasion esp.when Faiz is around. It's too rich....tu pun i used low fat milk.

As for lunch, masak ala ala kampung, salah tak da ulam je..I loike any kind of pajeris, either terung or nenas but it's not easy to get the ripe n sweet pineapple. Sekali sekala mkn ikan kecil ni sedapp  walaupun byk tulang esp.goreng ikan2 tu dgn tepung. Tom yam is everyone's favourite...ayam tomato is Faiz's favourite n as for my twins anything beside kayu n batu....they r not fussy eaters n my darling hubby asalkn sodappp!! My darling ni org.Minang....biase le suka mkn masak lomak but i kurengkn nye due to health hazards....

TRAaaa.......as for dessert..... devil food chocolate cake!...ada taste of mocha sikit. I put bits of oreo choc.in between n on top of the cake. Recipe fr. sifu sis Iha. Very rich indeed but i always reduce the amount of sugar unlike in the original recipe n for the chocolate sauce i melt the cooking choc.with low fat milk instead of heavy cream. Memang mengancam in taste n health as well....hahaha! I dont really eat them...*takut* kena lah jaga kesihatan dh masuk 50s ni.....only for the children je n hubby pun kene pantau.

Till the next post than.....bbye!!!

Someone,somewhere,somehow........

I've been round n round  up n down n finally i end up at this very blog of someone somewhere......it's my niece. How exciting of her for hving bundles of joy! She's having twins jus like me eh...must be inheritance, i guess. But hers are identical twins unlike mine n.... they're so adorable. I cant stop myself kissing them over n over again each time before i left my mum's house. My niece is staying with my mum at the moment. If only my hse is nearer to them than i would at least gives some help to my niece. I know it's not easy to take care of a baby what more twins. There r always the first time for everything.... dont worry Kak Yong u'll do fine. It takes an experience to be tough. Acu pun was once like that...memang tak peduli what's happening around me except what matters most r my chidren n my home. I just cant believe how time flies tut,tut dah pun besor.....Tak pe jaga diaorg baik2 , bersabar, n ask for God's help n u'll be ok.

look !aren't they cute n adorable.....cant help luving them........

Somewhere, somehow i got this fr. Kak Yong's blog.......it's very touching n meaningful !

                                 A STRONG WOMAN , IS ONE WHO IS ABLE TO SMILE

                                 THIS MORNING LIKE SHE WASNT CRYING LAST NIGHT.